How to seduce women

Its 11pm. Rows of unsuspecting girls dance, warm chardonnay in hand, unaware of the rookie recruits moving in around them. Tonight, this club is a live-ammo
training ground where cadets of Rob Kings pick-up artist bootcamp are graduating from shy social cripples to masters of seduction.

An hour ago, in a classroom in Mayfair, this seemed unlikely. My fellow students could barely muster the confidence to speak to me, never mind one of the walking, talking leopard-print dresses around us now. Armed with a headful of tactics, theyre different men.

King offers a battery of opening lines and linguistic tricks designed to make women invest in your conversation. The word or is deployed to dazzling effect. Are you a student or... Is this a celebration or... The theory is that, by finishing your sentence, she becomes more engaged. Likewise, another verbal curveball turns an introvert into a prize commodity. I can only stay a minute, one guy says on his approach. This opener supposedly increases the attention shell pay you in the vital first seconds of an exchange. Even when those conversations dont work out, I see Kings recruits walk away with more confidence, not less.

One supposedly charmless man tells a group of women they remind him of Sex and the City  another set-up. You ask which of the bunch would be the Samantha character. She, you can safely surmise, is your easiest target. Alas, it doesnt work: he forgets the characters names and shuffles off.

His classmates are faring better, though. One is at the bar talking to a leggy blonde. Another has his hand nervously on a girls waist. I overhear one guy whose confidence was particularly brittle beguile a woman by asking her whats good at the bar. When she replies by asking what kind of thing he likes, he looks her dead in the eye and says, Adventure. Minutes later, his tongue is in her mouth.

Time and again, lines I had dismissed as cheesy or manipulative bring in results. By the end of the night, surprisingly every student has scored. Dont get me wrong, it is cheesy and manipulative, but for men low in confidence, its export-strength Dutch courage. Tonights reward may be a series of wine-tinted kisses, but the self-esteem that comes with them is the real pull.

Experiment on yourself

Or rather, the women you meet. Test these rules form pick-up artist Rob King

Make her think

Disarm her with a question that forces her to consider a response. "On a scale of 1-54, how rubbish is this DJ?" The more she buys into the conversation, the better the chance of things going further.

Bide your time

Offer no drinks  and ask for no digits  until at least 2min into a conversation. This says that she has to impress you just as much as the other way round.

Get physical

Bear in mind that height is more attractive than musculature, according to Utah University research. Do yoga twice a week to correct bad posture.

Set the bar high

Once conversation is flowing, ask pointed questions such as, "Do you eat healthily?" or "Do you run?" They hint that you have high standards, making you more attractive in her eyes.

Be more confident

Try high-intensity exercise before heading out. Research in the Journal of Health Psychology found that you exude more confidence in the hours after the workout.

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